Sec. 29-37f. Qualifications of retail store employees who sell firearms.
Sec. 29-37f. Qualifications of retail store employees who sell firearms. No person, firm or corporation that engages in the retail sale of goods, where the principal part
of such trade or business is the retail sale of goods other than firearms, shall employ a
person to sell firearms in a retail store unless such person (1) is at least eighteen years
of age, (2) has submitted to state and national criminal history records checks and such
checks indicate that such person has not been convicted of a felony or a violation specified in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 29-36f, and (3) has successfully
completed a course or testing approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety in firearms
safety and statutory procedures relating to the sale of firearms. The sale of firearms by
such person, firm or corporation shall be accomplished only by an employee qualified
pursuant to this section. Any employer who employs a person to sell firearms in violation
of the provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than ten
thousand dollars per day for each violation. The Attorney General shall institute a civil
action to recover such penalty.
(P.A. 99-212, S. 6.)